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pocustoms
03-19-2009, 22:52
is rampart closed or not ??? i,m seeing posts that people are going to clean it and then on page 3 its closed due to all the atv s ???


if its still open where is the area to shoot ??? Ive been there on a atv and didnt see anyplace to shoot with out hitting at least 15 guys on a dirt bike !!

thanks .
Colorado Osprey
03-20-2009, 07:08
is rampart closed or not ??? i,m seeing posts that people are going to clean it and then on page 3 its closed due to all the atv s ???


if its still open where is the area to shoot ??? Ive been there on a atv and didnt see anyplace to shoot with out hitting at least 15 guys on a dirt bike !!

thanks .

The other(south) end of Rampart Range Road.
Just outside of Colorado Springs City Limit there is a shooting range. Entrance is through Garden of the Gods or south out of Woodland Park area along Rampart Range Road.
The other(north) end near Sadalia has the ATV/Motoycycle park.
68Charger
03-20-2009, 08:24
just to be clear, the Rampart shooting range is OPEN..
was just there last night...
Armed Springs
03-20-2009, 21:51
Cleaning is what will help keep it open. There are to many dirty nasty people that want to shoot their old computer or tv and leave everything behind. Please take an extra bag out when you leave, I would like to let my kids shoot there longer.

Good luck up there, anytime before noon on a weekday is a good time to go..
68Charger
03-21-2009, 11:19
agreed- besides a big cleaning effort, if everybody just made it a point to take out twice as much as they brought in, or fill a garbage bag each time, it would disappear over time...
xjtwo
03-21-2009, 14:31
It'd be cool if they handed out fines to the people that leave their ratty junk up there, I bet all it would take is one or two examples. That and posting up signs for others....
68Charger
03-21-2009, 19:09
It'd be cool if they handed out fines to the people that leave their ratty junk up there, I bet all it would take is one or two examples. That and posting up signs for others....

you'd think "they" would jump all over the chance for a revenue stream from fines...

but the question is- who is "they"?

it's on US forestry land, so who would have jurisdiction to collect fines? you can search for incidents that have occurred up that way, and many of them result in confusion about jurisdiction...

apparently the US forestry service has put out for bid several times for someone to manage the site, but there have been no takers, based on liability insurance costs...
probably the least slanted article I've found about the problem up there:
http://www.csindy.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=3345
according to that article, it says the US forestry service contracts El Paso County Sheriff's office to patrol the area...

but the other question that comes to mind- is confronting & writing citations to people that you KNOW are armed a comfortable situation for many officers?
Armed Springs
03-22-2009, 10:15
El Paso county hardly has money, man power or the resources to help patrol that area. The only time I see them up there is when a tourist finds a dead body on the road up there. I think it would be great to have someone to monitor the area. I would not mind paying a few bucks... if it ment I would go home with no extra holes in me.